Day 119 Aug 06 Mon - Atyrau to Abandoned Petrol Station Camp

We always like to enjoy viewing the beautiful sunset at every camp
My innovation of well water bucket
bucket in operation
Well opening Cemented well underground water

From a rough road surface to a better smooth one
Filling up petrol not for the bike but my MSR stove
Many fast dare devil drivers eventhough rood is bad , that's the reason why this wreckage is here.
Semi desert land
Found a camp site at the back of this abandoned petrol station

Today's Distance: 111km
Today's Temp: 26 - 40 c
Average Speed: 17.6 max: 39.5
Time on Bike: 6 hr 16 min
Average climb: 2% max: 7%
Trip Altitude: 114m max: 145m
Today's spending: 550T
Total Distance to date: 7606km
Total spending to date:36060T

Started at 8.30am after a buffer breakfast at the Tengri Hotel . Here we go.... 300km to the Russian border and 380km to Astrakhan and we must do it in 3 days! The morning part was beautiful,good road and taiwind. I was at the front by 12.30 noon already done 84km and waited almost 2 hr for Heather who was having stomach trouble again , the tailwind has turned into headwind by then and the heatwave problebly has slow her down further.We rested for another 2 hr at the cafe. Bought another 3 litre of water and a litre of petrol for my MSR stove. We were only back on the road A-27 at 4.00pm. According to GPS,the next town will be 90km away.As usual,being at the front,I 'll be responsible to look for campsite. This abandoned petrolstation camp has a cemented water tank underground and there is water 4 ft from the top with a round steel opening.There is no bucket around to scoop the water! So if you want water,you have to find ways. I constructed one with a 5 litre plastic container,cut off the cap portion ,and nailed it to a wooden plank. At least we had water for washing,cooking and bath.